2 Samuel 22:8
Good News Translation
Then the earth trembled and shook; the foundations of the sky rocked and quivered because God was angry!

New Revised Standard Version
Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry.

Contemporary English Version
Earth shook and shivered! The columns supporting the sky rocked back and forth. You were angry

New American Bible
The earth rocked and shook; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they shook as his wrath flared up.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.

the earth

Judges 5:4 O Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, and passedst by the regions of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens and clouds dropped water.

Psalm 18:7 The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.

Psalm 77:18 The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.

Psalm 97:4 His lightnings have shone forth to the world: the earth saw and trembled.

Habakkuk 3:6-11 He stood and measured the earth. He beheld, and melted the nations: and the ancient mountains were crushed to pieces. The hills of the world were bowed down by the journeys of his eternity. . . .

Matthew 27:51 And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top even to the bottom: and the earth quaked and the rocks were rent.

Matthew 28:2 And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and coming rolled back the stone and sat upon it.

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was moved wherein they were assembled: and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost: and they spoke the word of God with confidence.

foundations

Job 26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.

Nahum 1:5 The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

Context
David's Song of Deliverance
7In my distress I will call upon the Lord, and I will cry to my God: and he will hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come to his ears. 8The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.9A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.…
Cross References
Judges 5:4
O Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, and passedst by the regions of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens and clouds dropped water.

Job 26:11
The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.

Psalm 68:8
The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.

Psalm 97:4
His lightnings have shone forth to the world: the earth saw and trembled.

Nahum 1:5
The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.

2 Samuel 22:7
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